Weekend report: Rain, I-90, I-5 slowdowns and Monday Night Football

Expect some rain this weekend and a few lane closures around the region.

Expect some rain this weekend and a few lane closures around the region.

Photo: GRANT M. HALLER, P-I File

Weekend report: Rain, I-90, I-5 slowdowns and Monday Night Football

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Well, Seattle, the weather sure has been nice the last couple of days.

But like all good things, that’s about to come to an end, for a day anyway.

Weather Underground is forecasting nearly an inch of rain for Saturday, and that may even start up later Friday night.

The temperature is set to peak at 58 degrees Saturday, with a low of 50 overnight, but as the skies clear up somewhat on Sunday, the high will actually be one degree cooler, at 57, with the same low.

Monday will warm up to 63 degrees, with clouds covering the skies but a low chance of rain. And Election Day should be clear and 63.

Seattle’s Department of Transportation isn’t planning any major road closures, but the state Department of Transportation has a few things to watch out for this weekend:

Westbound Interstate 90 will be down to one lane from Bellevue Way and through the tunnels. The closure will begin at 11 p.m. Friday and divert traffic to the express lanes until 5 a.m. Monday.

The Montlake Bridge will be undergoing maintenance Saturday morning from 6 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., triggering closure of the two left lanes of Montlake Boulevard East in both directions at the bridge. Crews will be cleaning under the bridge to make sure debris and leaves don’t pile up.

The work on southbound Interstate 5 in south King County will continue to close lanes overnight. This weekend, expect up to four lanes between Interurban Avenue South in Tukwila and state Route 18 in Federal Way to be closed overnight Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5.

Monday Night Football will be in Seattle on -- you guessed it -- Monday, when the Seahawks take on the Buffalo Bills at 5:30 p.m. Expect delays in the afternoon-to-evening commute both on the highways and on public transit, which could get clogged with people trying to get to the game.